Two years with Cian

Two years with Cian

After two seasons at Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Cian Uijtdebroeks will leave the team at the beginning of the new year. That means it’s time to look back at Cian’s time with us, where he faced and overcame challenges, but also took his first professional win.

2024

Cian started his time as a Bee next to Jonas Vingegaard, helping the Dane to overall victories in O Gran Camiño and Tirreno–Adriatico, with Cian himself also placing in the overall top 10 on both occasions. After that, the young Belgian turned his attention to the Giro d’Italia. In Italy, Cian performed strongly in the opening mountain stages and the time trial, putting him fifth in the general classification halfway through the race. Sadly, his race would also end there as wearer of the white jersey, as he had to pull out due to illness. The rest of his season went by with ups and downs for Cian. He shifted focus towards La Vuelta, where he was part of the squad that set up Wout van Aert for three stage wins. Unfortunately, a Covid infection forced him to abandon the race.

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2025

After working hard to solve a back injury during winter, Cian started 2025 full of motivation. He took fifth overall in his first stage race of the season, the Tour of Oman. The back problems returned just a month later, however, as he had to abandon Tirreno–Adriatico and later took a break of more than three months to reset. After this break, Cian came back in storming fashion. He finished ninth in Clásica San Sebastián, and a few days later he took his first ever professional victories in dominant style, winning both the queen stage and the overall classification at the Tour de l’Ain. The good results continued for the rest of the year, as Cian ended his time with Team Visma | Lease a Bike by taking tenth in his first monument, Il Lombardia, and sixth overall at the Tour of Guangxi.

Now, we wish him all the best for the future!

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